GRIMOIRES 14. GRIMOIRES“Rose!” yelled Callie. “There’s something wrong with Josh.” She took him by the shoulders and shook him.“Josh, what’s happening?”“I can feel him. He’s so angry. Get Rose and Bessie out of the room,” said Josh with difficulty.Callie glanced up the stairs. “They’re already coming.”“Take him outside, Callie,” Rose called.Callie hustled Josh out of the front door and sat him down on the wall, where he took several deep breaths before taking his hands cautiously away from his head.“Is he still there?”“No. He’s gone.”“What happened?” asked Rose, sitting down beside him.“When you opened the door to Callie’s room, he was suddenly there in my head, shouting curses.”“But that shouldn’t be able to happen,” said Bessie. She peered at the wardstones in her hand. “There’s nothing wrong with these. Nothing should be able to get past them.”“Perhaps nothing did,” said Rose thoughtfully.“What do you mean?” asked Callie.“If the wardstones were working properly, nothing would get past them.
